◆Gagné's Five Categories of Learning Outcomes◆

 Robert M. Gagné (1917-2002) gave birth to the ID theory and he is a mentor to me. Gagné’s ID theory is supported by two pillars, “Nine events of instruction (events to support learning activities)” and “Five categories of learning outcomes.” I would like you to deepen your understanding of these five categories by reading my text, which explains them in detail. Yet, I should not use an expression such as “deepening understanding” since it is ambiguous. Once you read the text, I hope you are able to categorize any given learning objective into one of the five categories. Such an activity falls under Intellectual Skills according to Gagné’s categories. In addition, I would like you to appreciate the meaning and merits of categorization so that you may not forget to “classify learning objectives” when you encounter or create an objective, without being told to do so. Try to keep in mind that whether or not you actually engage in the categorizing work falls under Attitude. I hope that you will “deepen your understanding” to this extent.

Chapter 3 Framework to Categorize Instructional Objectives (Katsuaki Suzuki) /PDF 9pages,70KB
Premier of instructional design from educational broadcasts: Message for young teachers.
(Japan Association for Educational Broadcasting, 1995)

Note:
 This book is based on the texts I serially wrote for a monthly magazine, “Broadcasting Education (publication is now suspended).” Although it is now out of print, you can read the manuscript by clicking Website below. The theme explained in the previous session (Carroll’s Time Model) is also included as the 1st chapter of this book. I recently received feedback that the book shows Prof. Suzuki’s youthful passion for research just after finishing his studies abroad. Although this book focused on a narrow field, broadcasting education, it can be treated as a guide to ID. You may read the book with the term “broadcasting education” replaced with “e-Learning.” I wish you can read it (Note for English translation: Some chapters have been translated and included as supplementary readings in this course).
http://www.gsis.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/ksuzuki/resume/books/1995rtv/rtvcont.html (Japanese only)